Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... most Slippery . ' Tis to direct the Critical Periods , and make the Motions of our Progrefs more steady , and prevent us from deftroying ourselves with the un- wieldy management of our own Strength . ' Tis to keep us from fticking in ...
... most Slippery . ' Tis to direct the Critical Periods , and make the Motions of our Progrefs more steady , and prevent us from deftroying ourselves with the un- wieldy management of our own Strength . ' Tis to keep us from fticking in ...
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Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A. Jeremy Collier. In most of these Heads , I have -pitch'd upon the Form of a Dia- logue ; by this Fiction of a Con- ference , the Reader's Fancy is fometimes better engag'd , and the Impreffion goes ...
Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A. Jeremy Collier. In most of these Heads , I have -pitch'd upon the Form of a Dia- logue ; by this Fiction of a Con- ference , the Reader's Fancy is fometimes better engag'd , and the Impreffion goes ...
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... most affected with delightful Perceptions , they fhould be moft expos'd to the contrary : And that when they are capable of being beft pleas'd , they fhould likewise be capable of being most perfecuted In this cafe , their Keennefs and ...
... most affected with delightful Perceptions , they fhould be moft expos'd to the contrary : And that when they are capable of being beft pleas'd , they fhould likewise be capable of being most perfecuted In this cafe , their Keennefs and ...
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... most unfortified Sex , of the most unpromifing Education , encountred the Fury of wild Beafts , the Torture of Racks , and Fire , without fhrinking at the Terror , or fainting under the Exe- Lactant , cution . They frequently did not fo ...
... most unfortified Sex , of the most unpromifing Education , encountred the Fury of wild Beafts , the Torture of Racks , and Fire , without fhrinking at the Terror , or fainting under the Exe- Lactant , cution . They frequently did not fo ...
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... most frightful Form . They were not always certain they fhould be proof against the Fire and the Lyons , that they fhould flip through Torture without Pain , and have a Lane made fo eafily into the other World . They were not , I fay ...
... most frightful Form . They were not always certain they fhould be proof against the Fire and the Lyons , that they fhould flip through Torture without Pain , and have a Lane made fo eafily into the other World . They were not , I fay ...
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